Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M4 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 (34/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

34/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
CPU 915032 256848
GPU 1135331 60984
Memory 349968 129362
Total score 3116013 617626
UX 715682 170432

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X51
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 113.8 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 6.33 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 1.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 73 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 56.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 43.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 80.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 260.6 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 20 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.33 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 6 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 4.63 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 460.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 900 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Announced May 2024 June 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6375-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-07-01(Aoul) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2024-07-10(Vlad) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2025-09-13(Yusuf baser) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-04-26(BG-M4-User) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-03(Astreeek) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-22(..) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-31(Andy Yee (Andymus)) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-03(Peem humseem v2) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-06(Moto) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-17(Aditya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-26(Gigi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-26(Sam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Julianpowke) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 9260
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 24716
Video editing score — 4563
Web score — 14003
Writing score — 14763

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
1.Xiaomi Redmi 15 5G — 632934
2.Motorola Moto G85 5G — 622608
3.Xiaomi Poco M8s 5G — 615528
4.Xiaomi Poco M7 Plus — 595016
5.Honor 400 Smart — 591791
6.Motorola Moto G45 — 586585
Phones with Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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